Fence



(No Model.)

G. H. PERKINS. FENCE.

No. 520,217. Patented May 22, 1894.

INVENTORJ WlTNESSES: fimw M ATTORNEY AL LHROGIIAPHING COMPANY UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARDNER H. PERKINS, OF OAZENOVIA, NEW YORK.

FENCE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,217, datedMay 22, 1894.

Application filed October 28. 1 893 Serial No. 439,364. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known'that I, GARDNER H. PERKINS, of (lazenovia, in the county ofMadison, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Fences, of which the following, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of fence in which the panels betweenthe posts are formed of wires stretched from post to post. And theinvention consists of a novel construction of a fence-panel composed oftwo posts, a series of longitudinal wires stretched from post to post,and wires stretched diago nally from the top of each post to the foot ofthe other and formed at intervals of their lengths with coils which areintertwined with similar coils formed in the longitudinal wires. Saiddiagonal wires effectually bracing the posts, while the aforesaid coilsform ties which are incapable of shifting lengthwise of either wire, atthe same time permit the wires to contract in cold weather withoutdanger of breaking the wires. Said combination of parts also forms astaunch panel composed entirely of wire network which efiectually repelslive stock, all as hereinafter more fully described and specifically setforth in the claim.

In the annexed drawings Figure l represents a front view of two panelsof a fence embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail viewof one of the intertwining coils of wires.

PP represent the two posts of a panel of fence, which is constructed asfollows:

From post to post are strung longitudinal wires -a-awhich may be securedto the posts by any suitable and well known means, usually by staples ttdriven in the posts and receiving the wires through them, from the topof each post to the bottom of the other extend the diagonal wirescZ-dwhich are also suitably secured tothe posts so as to obtain asubstantial hold thereon and brace the posts. These diagonal wires Iintertwine with the longitudinal wires aaby prolonged coils cc, which Iform by inserting a suitable lever between the wires at their crossingand then twisting the wires around each other by means of said lever,which I subsequently withdraw. In this manner I form the loop -Z- fromwhich the lever is withdrawn, and the reversely twisted coils -c-catopposite ends of said loop as more clearly shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. These coils with the intervening loop permit the wires toyield to the increased tension due to contraction in cold weather, andin case the wires become subsequently slack by expansion due to highertemperature, a lever can be again inserted in the loop -Z- and the wirestwisted to take up the slack. It will be observed that my improved fenceis readily constructed, easily repaired, and is composed of staunchpanels formed of a net work of wires which effectually bars the passageof live stock. To guard against the sagging of the central portion ofthe panel, I employ an additional longitudinal wire asecured to the topsof the posts and having the subjacent wire a.- wound around it, and inthe center of the panel I employ the vertical wire e which is woundaround the successive longitudinal wires -aa-a, and tied at its upperend to the aforesaid two top wires -aa'-, and at its lower endto a stakeor short post P set firmly in the ground as shown in the paneldesignated by the letter A- in Fig. l of the drawings. The network ofwires maybe further strengthened by additional diagonal wires-ffextending from the posts about midway their height to the top andbottom longitudinal wires and coiled around the same and around theintermediate longitudinal wires a-aas represented in the paneldesignated by letter A'- in the drawings. In either panel the diagonalwires prevent the horizontal wires from sagging.

What I claim as my invention is- The combination with the posts P-P-, ofthe longitudinal wires a. a a stretched from post to post, and thediagonal wires -d-d extending from the top of one post to the foot ofthe companion post and secured thereto and formed with intermediatecoils ccintertwined with similar coils formed in the longitudinal wiressubstantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 10th day ofOctober, 1893.

GARDNER II. PERKINS. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

Ausrnv MEADE, J. W. HALL.

